Although many of Gentry's organs were not able to be transplanted because of the injuries he suffered in the crash, Angie Gentry decided to donate his bones, tissue and corneas. She has a sister who received a kidney transplant, and she believes her husband would have wanted it that way.

Gentry admits that she hopes to someday meet some of those who were recipients of her husband's donations: “It will be neat to just give them a hug and say I’m glad I could help,” she reflects.

On Wednesday night (Jan. 9), Gentry and friends took another step in continuing her husband's legacy: With the C'Ya on the Flipside benefit concert, they officially launched the Troy Gentry Foundation. The non-profit organization will help support cancer research charities, provide assistance to military families and assist music education organizations.

“We had to do something because he was such a huge persona,” Angie Gentry says of her husband. “He just couldn’t go away like that.”